Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) The Chinese government has slammed Washington for engaging with Taipei and ordered the Trump administration to cease diplomatic engagements with the island, after a highly unusual public meeting between top officials from the US and Taiwan. In May, US national security adviser John Bolton met with one of Taiwan's top defense officials, National Security Council Secretary-General David Lee , who was visiting the US. Taiwan's official news agency CNA said it was the first meeting between the top security advisers of both governments since 1979 , when Washington severed formal ties with Taipei. Taiwan and China were separated at the end of a bloody civil war in 1949 and officially the US only has official diplomatic relations with Beijing. "We are firmly against the US engaging in any official contact with Taiwan in whatever form and under whatever pretext.

Source: CNN May 28, 2019 04:53 UTC